hop vs sport

hop

verb
  • To dance. 

  • To jump onto, or over 

  • To jump on one foot. 

  • To be in state of energetic activity. 

  • To move frequently from one place or situation to another similar one. 

  • To impregnate with hops, especially to add hops as a flavouring agent during the production of beer 

  • To jump a short distance. 

  • To go in a quick or sudden manner. 

  • To gather hops. 

  • To suddenly take a mode of transportation that one does not drive oneself, often surreptitiously. 

noun
  • A short jump. 

  • A jump on one leg. 

  • Opium, or some other narcotic drug. 

  • The flowers of the hop plant, dried and used to brew beer etc. 

  • A bounce, especially from the ground, of a thrown or batted ball. 

  • A short journey, especially in the case of air travel, one that takes place on a private plane. 

  • The sending of a data packet from one host to another as part of its overall journey. 

  • The fruit of the dog rose; a hip. 

  • The plant (Humulus lupulus) from whose flowers beer or ale is brewed. 

sport

verb
  • To divert; to amuse; to make merry. 

  • To display; to have as a notable feature. 

  • To close (a door). 

  • To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with. 

  • To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal. 

  • To amuse oneself, to play. 

  • To practise the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races. 

  • To represent by any kind of play. 

noun
  • Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics. 

  • A friend or acquaintance (chiefly used when speaking to the friend in question) 

  • Term of endearment used by an adult for a child, usually a boy. 

  • A sportsman; a gambler. 

  • One who consorts with disreputable people, including prostitutes. 

  • A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship. 

  • A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery. 

  • Gaming for money as in racing, hunting, fishing. 

  • Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirably good-natured manner, e.g. to being teased or to losing a game; a good sport. 

  • A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some peculiarity not usually seen in the species; an abnormal variety or growth. The term encompasses both mutants and organisms with non-genetic developmental abnormalities such as birth defects. 

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